Out of all the people in the world, there are some who just make you stop. Make you look at them and wonder what makes them so much braver and more special than you to be so… different. Darren Criss, to me, is one of these people.
I’ve been totally and thoroughly in love with him for about two years now. He wrote a freaking musical about Harry Potter; so basically, I would sell me soul to him in a heartbeat. In a world where people are insisting that stage acting is a dying art, he comes out of NOWHERE with this crazy new musical produced by a small group of college kids and basically takes over the internet! And not only is it a musical, it’s a musical about a highly successful book series that could have easily gone wrong and sent a million fangirls into a rage against him. He didn’t give a crap. Nope. He wrote the music for the entire musical, along with four others.
His individualism actually is a bit of a problem now that he’s kind of famous, as is shown by his behavior at the Deathly Hallows premier (which he was invited to because of his Harry Potter-ness). Darren jumped around in front of some cameras (with his friend Joe Walker, who played Lord Voldemort) and made a bit of a fool of himself. Normally, I’d just think that it’s super cute and walk away, but people were getting PISSED. I remember going on tumblr and there was just huge amounts of hate on there. He hasn’t changed, though, and he’s still the goofiest guy ever.
Another reason why Darren Criss is a modern day Transcendentalist is his support of the Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is a huge organization (the biggest in the US, I think) for support for LGBTs. They have help lines and fundraisers and projects going on all the time. Darren Criss went on a three-show mini-tour in support of them last summer. It doesn’t matter that gay rights may not be a totally supported topic, he really tries to help them out and even performed a couple of weeks ago at a big concert for them. Not only that, he plays a gay guy on Glee, when he is (apparently) a very straight person. He said in an interview something along the lines of that it was just another acting job. On other shows, he might have to kiss girls he’s not interested in, and it’s really no different on Glee. I think that’s the coolest thing ever.
Darren is totally different from every other celebrity I’ve ever seen. He’s a musical genius (he taught himself how to play seven instruments), he’s co-written several musicals, he’s openly supportive of LGBT rights, and he’s just one of the goofiest people on earth. Darren Criss truly is a modern transcendentalist.
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