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Sunday, January 21, 2007

Act Dumb

The dumb blonde is a popular-culture stereotype typically applied to people with blonde hair color, most frequently women. The archetypical "dumb blonde", while attractive and popular, lacks both common street-sense and academic intelligence, often to a comedic level.

Numerous actresses have played characters labelled as "dumb blondes", famously including Marilyn Monroe, Suzanne Somers (primarily for her role as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company), and Goldie Hawn (for her persona on the variety show Laugh-In.

Country music chaunteuse Dolly Parton, aware of this occasional characterization of her, has used it to her own benefit, performing songs such as Dumb Blonde. More recently, Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton, have both been characterized as dumb blondes due to their public personas, which are portrayed by popular culture as promiscuous and self-absorbed.

There is a common category of jokes that employ the dumb-blonde stereotype for their effect. They usually involve a situation in which a blonde performs a random or dangerous act because she misconstrued the meaning of the words describing the act, to comedic results. Another variation employs two blondes, one as the recipient of the other's stupid question,only to give an even more ridiculous answer herself.

I would like to make people think that I'm really dumb. Well, being or acting dumb could be quite fun at times.

Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence


You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well.
An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly.
You are also good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view.
A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary.

You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator.



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