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Hollywood in general markets itself and benefits from being a mirror that reflects the moment in which it's making its content.

So when you see something like the opening of Civil War this weekend,

you realize that people are obviously in an election year really thinking about this,

that it is highly highly

highly there. Look we go to the movies or we watch television to have to

experience catharsis. We go and we sit in the dark and we eat our popcorn to

experience a sense of catharsis that

allows us a closer understanding of the very thing we're experiencing in the

world which is why movies have always been so much a part of our popular

culture.

That's Alex Kurtzman, the executive producer behind Paramount's ever-expanding collection of Star Trek TV shows.

He's also worked on franchises from Transformers to Spider-Man to Mission Impossible.

As we approached the one year anniversary of the Hollywood strikes, I wanted to talk

to Alex about the state of the streaming wars right now.

He's someone Paramount Plus Tapped to help compete against Netflix and Disney Plus and others.

Even if you're not a Trekky, Alex shares insights for leaders everywhere

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