While I’m no fan of censorship either, it should be pointed out that the golden age of Hollywood was a time of much greater censorship than we have today.

To some degree, the censorship drove creativity–forcing directors and writers to find ways to get the story out within the confines of the restrictions led to better art than we get today, where you can just show anything, no imagination required.

So, if one were to take Frank Rich’s way of thinking seriously, the proper conclusion is that we need more, not less, censorship.