He's smarter than a lot of people think. He may very well be the smartest in the room despite appearing dumb. The problem is even a smart person dressed as a

He's smarter than a lot of people think. He may very well be the smartest in the room despite appearing dumb. The problem is even a smart person dressed as a clown will be recognized as a clown. At some point you can claim not to be wearing clown clothes until you are blue in the face but no matter how dumb the person is you're talking to they won't believe it. He must hope he can convince 1 in 12 people he is not a clown.