Ashthecat Approaches the Altar and Asks A Question...

[Ash]

Within the deep and moist underground cavern,  Ashthecat approaches the rough, chipped stone altar of B-movies.  
It stands more than ten feet high.
Torches burn on both sides of it and he can feel their radiating heat.
The inscriptions on it are many.
Too many to fathom at this point and time.
Maybe another day he'll ask about them.

He seeks knowledge from it.
He is awe stricken.
He doesn't know what to make of it all.
Overwhelmed is an understatement.
He falls upon his knees, head lowered in shame.
He looks up at it in fear and sheer awe of it's powers.
He speaks to it.

"I request your everlasting collective knowledge yet again."

He pauses, then speaks again.

"Grant me this knowledge and I will tell you MY b-movie secrets and opinions.  That is all I have to offer in trade."

A rumbling occurs beneath his feet.
The frequency increases!
The ground shakes furiously!
He looks down and then grabs onto part of the altar to help maintain his foothold and balance.
He has done this over a hundred times before but it makes him look up at the ceiling everytime.
He worries that one day it will come down on top of him, crushing his life out of existence as we know it.

Will his question be answered?

A deep, low voice finally does answer.

It seems to come from within the earth itself.

"ASK YOUR QUESTION!"

He asks.

"W-w-When an actress (usually the most famous) finally decides to settle on a mate,
why is it that they do not take the man's(usually a famous actor) name?"

"A couple of examples:

Demi Moore & Bruce Willis.

Brad Pitt & Jennifer Anniston."

"Why do they not take the man's last name?"

"Is this some kind of unwritten Hollywood rule?"

"Please explain to me why this is."

[sufferbus]

they dont take his name cuz they know theyre probably only gonna be married about 3 months...

[Brock]

They don't usually take the name because stars are marketable based on name recognition.  If they were to change their name, it would confuse the public and potentially lose fans for them.  It's just how some teachers choose not to change their name when getting married so they don't confuse little kids.

No, really.

[raj]

Yup, and this goes back to Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.)  I think they were married unto death.  Also Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman.

[Will]

Could also be because they have their own identity just like any other woman who chooses not to subscribe to the ceremonial sexism of matrimonial tradition. I don't know all that many non-actresses anymore who change take the name of their male mate. There's nothing wrong with a woman choosing to follow the custom, but certainly since the 60s there has been a growing trend of women who do not.

[Evan3]

A belch of fire consumes the altar and burns Ashthecat. I the all powerful B God Evan3 will answer your question this time you puny fiend, but if you trouble me further, I will fart in your general direction.

The answer to  your query lies simply in the fact that most actor's names are ridiculous and when you mix the two, you creat a loop of bad acting. Courtney Cox Arquette- bad name, bad actress. Did taking the name Arquette help her situation? No. Since Friends is so popular except for Monica the black sheep, no other Hollywood actor will dare to take their spouses name, for fear of having a lead role in Ready to Rumble 2: The idiots march in.

With that, the mist subsides and Ash comes out more enlightened and a better man for his interaction.

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[Funk, E.]

Most of them changed their names TO whatever they are now.

Norma Jean... Marilyn Monroe
MEG RYAN (MARGARET MARY EMILY ANNE HYRA),
CHER (CHERILYN SARKISIAN LA PIERE),
EMINEM (MARSHALL BRUCE MATHERS II)
VIN DIESEL (MARK VINCENT)

If your name is already ficticious what's the point in changing it again?

[J.R.]

Also, most actresses are really stupid. I don't know how that applies here, but it's true.

[JohnL]

>Most of them changed their names TO whatever they are now.

I always got a kick out of the fact that Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas.