Intelligence vs. Icon

The article on Marilyn Monroe surprised me on many accounts.  First, I did not know about Monroe's hidden intelligence.  Second, I cannot believe that she allowed the world to portray her as a 'dumb blonde'.  I am  amazed that a woman with the IQ intelligence of 163 was 'dumb enough' to allow the world's ignorance to hid her intelligence.  I feel sorry for Monroe as she was never truly understood by any of her so called fans.  "I've never fooled anyone," she said, "I've let people fool themselves.  They didn't bother to find out who and what I was.  Instead they would invent a character for me.  I wouldn't argue with them.  They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't."  It makes me wonder if she had not hid her intelligence would she have been as famous.  Sadly, I believe that the reason in which she hid her intelligence was because people would be threatened by a beautiful and intelligent woman.  This threat would remove her fame, lessening her success.
Another example of a celebrity hiding their intellect to secure greater success can be seen in the sit-com actress, Lisa Kudrow, better known as Pheobe.  Phoebe is the quirky blonde that is seen as 'dumb'.  Kudrow playing this character causes others to view her as a dumb blonde.  Phoebe did not graduate high school and because of this Lisa Kudrow is viewed to have this same life.  However, Lisa Kudrow graduated with a B.S. in Pyschobiology from Vassar College.  She went on to do be a medical researcher before playing to funny ditz.
In the case of both this blonde beauties their intelligence is played down in order to continue their rolls in fame.  I hope that this can change and that having beauty and brains can stop being hidden... so what if being intelligent and beautiful is seen as a threat by ignorant people?  It's a 'threat' to be proud of!