It's 3AM. Batman is sitting at the computer in his underwear surrounded by beer cans. He's trying to send an email to his kids explaining that he can't pay child support this month because he has to invent a new kind of motorcycle tank. If anyone tries to destroy Gotham, they'll thank him. It's not like last Christmas when he didn't send them a gift because he had to invent a flight suit that lets him see electricity.
It's 3AM again. Batman is sitting at the computer in his underwear surrounded by twice as many beer cans. He's staring at his inbox and wondering where the reply from his kids is. Maybe it's in the spam box. Maybe he should call them.
I swear something like that exists, I remember watching a few episodes. The host is shown ignoring his family to do his cross country cooking show, leading to divorce and a gradual mental breakdown and maybe murders.
Can't find the damn thing though, search results are clogged with garbage.
Dad-films are about men who prove themselves by suffering through a violent ordeal (reluctantly of course ;) ) to protect society. Society is symbolically femine of course. If the wife is dead its a redemption story. On the other hand if the wife is just fine on her own, it sort of undermines the raison d'être of the hero. Like, be normal, your stoic suffering isn't a positive attribute. Society will still be standing if you lighten up.
The protagonist of Sacred Games is middle aged and divorced and he is characterised really well. In the book though, not the TV show. The TV show is trash.