Bruce Wayne knows that his “Brucie Wayne” mask has always helped keep suspicion away from Batman. The image of a party boy and playboy, but also a charitable and kind man, turned him into Gotham’s golden boy from a young age.
But he also knows that, to a certain point, the playboy persona clashed with his image as a good father. I mean, he already had to fight off rumors that all of his adopted kids were actually his secret biological children… Well, even he had his doubts and ended up getting paternity tests for Dick, Jason, Tim, and Cass—more than once. Just to be sure.
Bruce knows that “Brucie” isn’t the same façade it used to be, and that his flirtatious, party-loving public image has even affected his kids. School kids can be cruel, and his children had to take the hits.
So Bruce makes a decision. With Tim, Stephanie, and Barbara’s help, he decides to produce a documentary. Something small, meant to premiere openly in Gotham and digitally for the rest of the country. Basically, it was Bruce admitting that the public image he kept up for years was a façade—a way to avoid being taken too seriously, so people would leave him alone and let him live his real life in private.
In short: Bruce basically pulled a Paris Hilton—performing a role for years to give the media the heir they wanted.
The documentary was titled “The Man Behind the Golden Boy.” It even featured Clark Kent—reporter and close friend—as the main interviewer.
Dick, Jason, Tim, Cassandra, and Damian all made short appearances, talking about their father and what he was really like outside of galas and cameras.
Turns out Gotham’s public loved mature Bruce, the responsible dad, way more than “Brucie”—the guy who once danced half-naked against an ice sculpture at Penguin’s club.
