Crashbox

If you want people to think you're smart:

Speak crypticly

Squint your eyes a lot

Keep your hands in your pockets and your voice low

Say 'being' and 'clearly' a lot.

Treat everyone with quiet, smiling distain.

Off-handedly refer to 'Aristotle'.

Be as emotional and convaluted as possible.

Throw in a good amount of shocking examples.

Above all, never explain yourself. The mystery is what makes you smart.

Aren't we a strange breed? If a movie is stright-forward everyone thinks it is dumb no matter how accurate it is, but if it is confusing and dirty and shocking it must be brilliant and sublime. Sheesh.