listic jungle. I believe this was a crude and untrue portrayal of this country. I feel the worst scene of this movie was the dinner scene. Theyre eating out of monkeys skulls and they make the other culture look like complete barbarians. The eyes in the soup, which Willie sees and is mortified by, only makes the portrayal that much worse. Wrong and misinformed stereotypes also take place when it comes to portraying the Indians as creepy tribal leaders, child rulers who use voodoo dolls, and villains who have human sacrifices and rip peoples hearts out. No reason or explanation is given to these villains; they are simply the big bad voodoo Indians. Its like Spielberg went through the movie and picked out every stupid stereotype he could possibly think of. Given what I know about Indian art and religion, there are many aspects of the movie that I would change so that India could be represented in a more accurate representation of India. Among those descriptions, include not making the Indian culture look so barbarian. As many of us know and judge, we associate food with culture. Cooked food usually means a sign of civilization while uncooked food signals a sign of barbarianizism. Also, the role of voodoo dolls and child rulers is another clich, as I pointed out earlier. All in all, I did not realize the stereotypes of this movie until it was brought to my attention. If I had more education about the India culture and way of life, I would probably be more prone to getting upset over different parts of the movie. From doing some research on the Internet, I found that a lot of critics didnt like this movie because of the racist Indian portrayals and stereotypes. Most said that it was an embarrassing blotch on Harrison Fords resume. In my opinion, I believe Spielberg is to blame because my question is as follows: We already have enough hatred, racism, and stereotypes in this world to worry about. Does Spielberg really need to add to it making...
