How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Quote #1
[The guides encounter scary statues in the jungle and run away.]
For the viewers, everything in this movie so far has been foreign. We're in the 1930's. We were in a Shanghai nightclub. Now we're in the jungles of India. But when we see the way the native guide reacts to the statue in the jungle, we know we are entering territory that is foreign for the characters. And they're scared of it.
Quote #2
CHATTAR LAL: Captain Blumburtt and his troops are on a routine inspection tour. The British find it amusing to inspect us at their convenience.
India didn't achieve independence from Great Britain until 1947. During Temple of Doom, it was still a British colony. Lal's comments show us his distaste for being colonized—and who on earth can blame him?
Quote #3
CHATTAR LAL: The British worry so about their empire. Makes us all feel like well-cared-for children.
Here we have another barb from Chattar Lal toward the British. However, we will later learn he's a villain. Putting these lines in the mouths of a bad guy make it seem like only bad people would want independence from Great Britain.