08 Aug What reasons does Bowman give for Bruce Lee status as a cultural icon
1. What reasons does Bowman give for Bruce Lee status as a cultural icon? Pick a scene from Enter the Dragon and explain why you think it best exemplifies Lee’s impact as an action performer. What is significant about the scene – is it the way he is framed, or how he fights, or what he says?
2. Yvonne Taskers says “terrain of the action cinema is haunted by questions of masculine identity” – how does she account for Bruce Lee in relation to this issue of gender? What does she mean about the representation of “competing masculinities” in the fight scene between Lee and Chuck Norris in Way of the Dragon that we watched in class (and which available on the play list)
