Scene: A quiet hospital office late at night. Rain taps against the window. President Kutcher sits across from Dr. Luka Kovač.
President Kutcher:
You ever see scars like this, Doc? Not the ones on the skin… the ones on the timeline. Every time you try to fix something, it leaves another mark.
Dr. Kovač:
In war I saw many scars. Sarajevo, Vukovar… people think scars mean the wound failed to heal. That isn’t true. A scar means the body survived.
President Kutcher:
Hollywood sells the fantasy that you can go back and make everything perfect. That’s what The Butterfly Effect was about. Change one thing… save everyone.
Dr. Kovač:
But life is not a film script. You cannot erase pain. Only transform it.
President Kutcher:
So how do you heal something like that?
Dr. Kovač:
First—you stop reopening the wound. Second—you clean it with truth. And third—you give it time. Even the deepest scars fade when the body is allowed to heal.
President Kutcher:
Truth, huh? That might be the rarest medicine in Hollywood.
Dr. Kovač:
Maybe. But it is still the only cure I know.
Scene: A quiet studio office filled with movie posters and blinking monitors.
Joe Jukic sits across from Ashton Kutcher, whom he jokingly calls the “President of Pop Culture.” A news feed about Britney Spears scrolls silently on the screen.
Joe Jukic:
Mr. President of Pop Culture, I’m just a guy with a keyboard. I don’t have an army, I don’t have a billion dollars. All I can do is say it straight: free Britney.
Ashton Kutcher:
Joe… people say that a lot online. What do you mean by free?
Joe:
I mean give her a real place to breathe. Somewhere she can live like a human being again. East Vancouver… Croatia… preferably both.
East Van has the street poets and survivors. Croatia has the sea, the stone cities, and a thousand years of history telling people to slow down.
Kutcher (smiling slightly):
That’s quite a travel plan.
Joe:
It’s not about geography. It’s about numbers. When someone’s alone, the system eats them alive. When people gather around you—friends, artists, weirdos, believers—that’s when things change.
Safety in numbers, Mr. Kutcher.
Kutcher:
And you think pop culture can make that happen?
Joe:
Pop culture is the most powerful religion on Earth right now. Movies, music, memes… they move faster than armies.
If the right people stand up—actors, musicians, the whole constellation of Hollywood—the stars align.
Kutcher:
You’re talking like this is astrology.
Joe (laughs):
Maybe it is. Every generation has its moment when the sky shifts.
All it takes is a few bright stars to move in the same direction.
Kutcher:
And you think that could help Britney?
Joe:
Yeah.
Because when the stars align, even the most trapped person in the world suddenly realizes something:
They’re not alone anymore.
Joe leans back, shrugging.
Joe:
That’s all I can do, Mr. President. Say it out loud and hope the universe is listening. ✨