We've Been Colonised By the French

We're seated in a row from left to right: Romain, Me, Leigh and Nuria. The other Frenchies aren't here, and Kash is seated in a different row. So the teach is wondering why everyone doesn't seem to know the names of the Indian films he's throwing out, and he says, looking straight in our direction "I can forgive the French if they don't know these films, but..." And I wonder if Singapore's become a colony of France.