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After seeing Rob Becker in all of his balding, beer-bellied caveman glory, it is extremely difficult to reconcile his stage persona with the sweet, slightly self-conscious voice in which he conducts interviews. He talks much more slowly and deliberately than on stage, but is just as engaging and amusing on the topic of his successful show, Defending the Caveman...
...Becker's Defending the Caveman is probably one of the best explorations of the comical and often frustrating relationships between the sexes. It is hilariously funny, yet at the same time makes one think about their own stereotypes of men and women: Are all men really "self-centered, immature, annoyingly incompetent assholes" or is that just one of those things people...
...displays a disarming honesty and an amazing ability to poke fun at the differences which often separate the sexes. His goal is to help men and women transcend those differences and to respect each other, even if they can't fully understand each other. Becker recalls, somewhat nostalgically, the "caveman age" in which women were treated as goddesses and men were respected as their providers and protecters. Each had a different role in the community, but one role was just as valuable as the other. Men were "honored," he says with a wistful smile. "Can you imagine that, honored?" Becker...
Defending the Caveman is funny, endearing and thoughtful. Everyone who sees it should bring along his or her significant other and realize that he or she is not alone in wondering "why the hell 'they' do that." "That" can refer to anything from burping in public or trying on five seemingly identical outfits. Couples often don't realize that miscommunication and disappointment are common to everyone. Becker makes them laugh at themselves--a feat that is truly remarkable and worth more than 30 dollars...
...because the sorting of people according to their genes goes on in all kinds of ways that don't involve drawing blood. It's not necessary to know the actual gene involved. In fact, the human condition can be thought of as one big genetic test. When a caveman lost his woman, or his life, to another caveman, that was a genetic test...