Censorship and Creativity

Scott Adams makes a good point in his recent post about his TV watching habits:

"Of the kid-oriented movies that I’ve seen
in the past year, I’d say I enjoyed 90% of them. When you make a movie without
sex and violence and car chases and infidelity, it turns out that you have to
use actual creativity. Kid movies are
great."

I have felt this way for a while, but I could never really pin down why. Mr. Adams nails it, though; these movies have to be creative and genuinely funny to keep their audience. Most movies marketed towards children have to have enough solid humor to keep the adults taking the children to see the film entertained, so just because a movie is a "kid flick" doesn't mean it isn't worse then the hyper-violent, gang-rape movie playing next door. In fact, it is probably better, because the creators can't just get away with shock value; the movie has to be actually entertaining across a broad spectrum of interests. So, censorship actually increases the entertainment value of the movie? Perhaps.