Faced with losing joint custody of his son, a puritan leather worker is forced to cater to the undervalued S&M market in his country town.

I love it. Works for me.

(this may be a duplicate post)

I guess what's throwing me off is the juxtaposition of a father losing his child (drama) and an S&M community (could be comedy or sex thriller). Those 2 notions keep butting heads, in my mind. undervalued? still rings strange in the logline ? I realize it's a big part of the theme you're addressing in your story but it doesn't need to expressly be in the logline. IMO, if you can distill the most basic elements of your script, you can convey genre and potential conflict while hinting at the larger themes of your story.

My stab at it:

Driven by financial despair, a god-fearing leather craftsman is forced to cater to an underground S&M community while keeping his night job a secret from his ex-wife, young son and his puritanical country neighbors.

Imperfect but I think it conveys all the important info (protag, antag, goal, stakes, irony) while hinting at potential conflict (financial despair, S&M community in a rural town, judgmental neighbors, keeping secrets, ex-wife). Just my 2 cents.

I guess what's throwing me off is the juxtaposition of a father losing his child (drama) and an S&M community (could be comedy or sex thriller). Those 2 notions keep butting heads, in my mind. undervalued? still rings strange in the logline ? I realize it's a big part of the theme you're addressing in your story but it doesn't need to expressly be in the logline. IMO, if you can distill the most basic elements of your script, you can convey genre and potential conflict without having to address the larger themes of your story.

My stab at it:

Driven by financial despair, a god-fearing leather craftsman is forced to cater to an underground S&M community while keeping his night job a secret from his ex-wife, young son and his puritanical country neighbors.

Imperfect but I think it conveys all the important info (protag, antag, goal, stakes, irony) while hinting at potential conflict (financial despair, S&M community in a rural town, judgmental neighbors, keeping secrets, ex-wife). Just my 2 cents.