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The 'Caveman' of 'Defending the Caveman'
discusses men-women relationships
by Daniel Hines
Publisher
America's Seniors/TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com
It's still the same old
story...a fight for love and glory...it's as old as time...Adam blames Eve
and Eve blames the snake...Helen of Troy is kidnapped and a jealous
husband sends a nation off to war...and today, a new generation of men and
women are seeking to find themselves and what their roles should be in
relationship to each other.
Not to worry, says Kevin
Burke, the star of 'Defending the Caveman', appearing April 1-2,
2004 at The Fabulous Fox in St. Louis...the answer is simple, and lies in
the title of the hit revue that has become a favorite of men and women
across the nation.
Just look at the
title for the answer.
"It goes back to
the caveman days," Burke explains. "Men were--and
remain--hunters. Women are gatherers. They go out in the
fields and collect things.
"That's why a man
concentrates on only one thing at a time--his prey. He'll hunt it
until he kills it. Applying that to today, a woman comes home, her
husband is sitting in front of the TV watching a game. She talks
to him and he doesn't reply. She thinks he's ignoring her.
Actually, he's just concentrating on the subject of importance at the
time.
"Women are more
verbal. That comes from the need when they were gathering in Caveman days
to have constant communications to let the other women they were working
with know where they were. Hunters don't need or want that."
We asked Kevin if he
felt qualified to really explain these differences and if he understood
women. And, if so, what are his qualifications.
"Sure," he
responded. "I've been married ten years." The last comment
was undoubtedly made with a bit of whimsy.
"The main point is
that men and women have to realize that they are made differently from
each other," he continues. It is plain that he is not just talking
about the physical differences.
"Men concentrate on
the task at hand and bond by activity. Women bond by conversation,
friendship."
He uses his own example
of failing to compliment his wife when they go out for dinner.
"Here I am taking
her to a wonderful meal, doing everything right, I believe. But, she
wonders why I haven't told her that she is pretty tonight...she wants that
verbal affirmation. So now, I always am sure to let her know how nice she
looks." (Publisher's note: Perhaps he has learned something in
ten years.)
Kevin, who has had a
successful role as a stand-up comic, describes 'Defending the Caveman' as
a comedy mixed with some solid truth.
"I started doing
the show about eight months ago," he explains. "Rob Becker is
the author and he has done the show for years, even before the Mars-Venus
thing came along.
"He decided it was
time to let someone else do the role and I was honored to be
selected," he continues. "And, this is a great show."
Kevin describes how
gratifying it is to make men and women laugh, and the special feeling of
seeing couples leave the theater with their arms around each other or
holding hands.
"This is an especially
good show for people in a relationship or those who want to be in
one," he surmises. "There are those people who just want to be
alone, and they probably wouldn't understand its message that there
are differences between men and women and that when those are recognized
and respected, the groundwork is laid for a successful relationship...and
we do it all in a way to make people smile and laugh." |