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The original was posted on /r/redlettermedia by /u/Raptor2705 on 2023-06-27 14:09:14+00:00.
I know the setting is different from Raiders and Crusade. Both of them dealt with the Nazis. I think there was an ulterior motive for setting it in India in the 30s.
However at the time Gandhi won the Oscar against ET. I suspect Spielberg was very petty about that. So he set Indiana Jones 2 in India gmduring Gandhi era and makes the Indians the bad guys. He casts famous actors from the Gandhi film in villain roles. Then he has the British being heroes in the end. The Indians eating all those crazy things is another dig at them. Remember this is the 80s so cultaral sensitivities are not respected.
The white saviour saving all the Indian children. I will expand upon this.