huanim1-5, Exercise 3: Did limits help or hurt?

Model answer:

Sharpened: the need for indirection pushed writers towards wit, wordplay and layered jokes, and a stable studio kept skilled teams together.

Restricted: approval at several levels could remove subjects or soften ideas, and caution could discourage experiment.

Evidence that would help: surviving scripts and records of changes, interviews with writers and directors, comparison of works made under different conditions (such as after 1989, Chapter 9), and how viewers read the jokes. Both effects can be true for different works. Claims should be checked.