The pedo elements would have made EWS way more logical and compelling. It also fits in with Kubrick's dark view of humanity. He further, of course, deals with pedo themes in Lolita. EWS now actually feels a bit tame/neutered and this censorship is prob. why.
Those who have followed Stanley Kubrick’s films have long felt that Eyes Wide Shut was slightly off, almost as if it wasn’t entirely his film.
And it got validated when Roger Avary, co-writer of Pulp Fiction, told Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience (December, 2024) that the
