The scenes were removed back then for either intense violence or other unknown reasons, and i guess they are just lost to time, since no one is really looking for them. It does give an idea of what a male fighter’s body should look like, but in the movie itself the body is not associated to gender constructions. Linda lee’s memoir bruce lee
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The man only i knew, which was reprinted three times upon its release in 1975, pushed back against this stereotype by emphasizing lee’s sexual appeal.
When the film was officially released, some viewers who had seen the film in the midnight or morning screenings found that several scenes had disappeared when they rewatched the film
Although brief, this is nevertheless an extremely annoying omission which disrupts the flow of the fight dramatically, and is certainly the most (in)famous censored scene in the bruce lee canon of films. Ultimately bruce lee’s body is, in enter the dragon, disconnected from notions of gender and sexuality
