Uh, but Hollywierd could not resist sticking it to Joe McCarthy, could it?
After Indy loses his job because of FBI bullying and the craven cowardice of the university administration, our hero-- a hard-core anti-communist and supposed bright guy-- states that he is going to teach in Leipzig. Unfortunately, the young idiot writing this part of the screenplay overlooked the fact that Leipzig was in East Germany.
Oh, and why does knowing Mayan help you in Peru?????
The writing in this movie utterly stunk.
Because like most people the screenwriter had no concept of Meso-American history?
That was the part of the movie when I was strongly tempted to throw my popcorn bucket at the screen. It was like having the Knights of the Round table eat with chopsticks.