Intelligence vs. Icon

Marilyn Monroe is one of my favorite old time celebrities, she was a sex icon. I have multiple photos of her on my wall. I have heard before that she was an extremely intelligent women so that's why she is one of my idols. Marilyn lived in a time where women were supposed to be a representative of their man so the ideal women was a nice petite house wife. But not Marilyn, she was the complete opposite. She was a size 12 thick sexy women who flaunted what she had.The world she lived in women were not supposed to have their own opinion let alone have brains. She was forced to hide her brains to be successful. I believe her definition of success was different than most people's, i believe she just wanted to be happy. The article said something that really struck me it said, "But whatever demons haunted her, the spirit of intellectual inquiry never abandoned her", it means no matter how hard you try to hide who you are it will always come through. Dowd wrote that she "aspired to be smarter than she was", meaning she loved learning. Marilyn was not just the show piece many people thought she was. 

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta also known as Lady Gaga is a musical genius. I do not mean in the music she recorded. Gaga attended  New York University's Tisch School of the Arts to become an actress. While Gaga knew in high school she was musically advanced that wasn't the path she wanted to go down. At NYU she learned over 10 instruments, mastering the piano. She technically is ranked on a level just under Beethoven. Gaga soon dropped out due to a signing bonus with sony via Def Jam Records. She went on to do solo acts here and there until Akon found her. To this day very little people know how much talent and intelligence Gaga holds. If she came out as a mastered pianist attempting to have a career before she became Lady Gaga I doubt she would have been as successful. In the beginning of her career she even admits to not attempting to actually play an instrument on stage. In one of her recent concert performances she started by playing piano for over twenty minutes.  Gaga was scared to show her music genius as a young artist. If she came off too talented maybe people wouldn't have liked her wild pop songs. She also wore clothing that was anything but normal. While she is still scared to "show what shes got" I believe there is a lot more to Gaga then meets the eye.