This time, Dilber Ay is betrayed by Selami (he forgets her birthday—a cardinal sin in Yeşilçam). She decides to make him jealous by dating his worst enemy. Best Scene: The market fight where tomatoes fly like grenades. Entertainment Value: High camp. The fashion is outrageous (polyester suits, platform shoes). This is the 18+ comedy of manners you didn’t know you needed.

In Süper Selami , the sex and nudity are cheap, plentiful, and exploitative. While Dilber Ay’s character is mostly a chaste victim, the film is saturated with scenes of female nudity, voyeuristic bathing, and sexual comedy involving the villain Çengel. The hero runs around in his underwear trying to rescue the girl, while everyone else is trying to get her clothes off.

Modern viewers should watch with historical empathy. This was the cinema of the working class—loud, painful, and cathartic.