I think Ginger was the only one aware of a what a huge honor it was, to play that role in front of Harvey Fierstein!!!! And what an even bigger honor it is, to see Fierstein cry because of another actor's performance!! Ginger you are amazing!!! Good job!!!
You can just tell in her performance the reverence she carried for that part, for Fierstein, for that song. It brings everything up. I had to watch this a couple times before I realized there were other queens there.
That performance was an *entire* damn journey, and the bit at the very end where, finished, she glances toward Harvey to gauge response... my God, I could watch this video forever.
i literally just found out why, tonight - matt baume's video "gaing up cheers with harvey fierstein" opened my eyes. why do we gay men not know these histories? I feel so cheated, so jilted, by my own ignorance. I have to see torchsong trilogy now.
James the challenge was to say why you and not your competitors should win. She really didn't do anything that bad and I'm sorry when did it become a bad thing for a drag queen to throw shade. IJS.
She was not more of a "cunt" than for example Violet and Pearl (or is calling other queens unoriginal, non-creative and "John Goodman" in confessionals non-cunt behavior?). You and your ilk forgive the queens that are young, skinny and "fashion forward" for displaying similar behavior.@@wickeddreamer7958
Ginger has been so mistreated by many of the younger fans, who only want easily consumable, skinny, young queens. She is easily one of the most talented queens to compete, and I hope she is not robbed like on All Stars 2 (when she did the best in the challenge but ended up in the bottom 2).
@@Dalsemien i'm sure the reason she is so unpopular is how rude and mean she was in season 7. not excusing the mistreatment but there are a lot of reasons to dislike her (as tv personality) that aren't superficial
@@samblerisco of course she was a bitch in season 7. but what the younger gen doesn't understand about drag is drag queens are all bitches lol. imagine if season 5 aired today. it would be received so much differently. its tv and nothing more, and they are men in wigs and nothing more. the internet really doesn't understand the culture it so "loves" all that much at all
@@y2k-185 This is the most ridiculous response. She is not "only singing", she is doing a performance, do you know how hard that is? She was the main performer in the number and deserved to be acknowledged as such by Logo, not just by the fans.
Y2k - I’m a drag queen so yes I do know how hard that is babydoll. This should say “Ginger and the cast of allstars 2” or something along those lines and that’s the truth.
Ginger knows her herstory and totally 'got it'. She really gave Harvey some 'naches' . The tears of joy really moved me as a reflection of a glittering career and a genuine contribution to gay life, human rights and the evolution of the modern performer.
Your commentary absolute ACE! So thankful to Mr. Fierstein for his trailblazing fearlessness, activism and all-round humanity. And for living out loud his own mantra: "I am what I am!" for so this 42-year old blk kid from Texas who needed every hero he could find to know he was worth the fight.
Cause people thought she was "a bitch" which yes she was bitter but she isn't like that anymore and her talent go beyond a lot of the season 7 queens, especially pearl...
I agree, I didn't like Ginger's attitude on the show, but that never stopped me from realizing that she was incredibly well rounded. Plus she SHOWED her acting and comedy chops, and stated on the show that she was able to sing as well. What I find most shocking is that this wasn't made a duet with Adore. I think their voices would have paired wonderfully with each other! Now I'm yearning for a live singing number on a reunion like they do with dancing. I could see Jinkx, Ivy, Ginger and Adore doing something stellar. No I didn't leave out Courtney Act. I just think her singing voice is....more of an acquired taste.
Anthony Karapetrides With "ThatStraightDragQuens"s comment, I'm unsure. Adore *is* on all stars 2. Were you unaware, or are you saying there has been some strife with Adore being cast?
Ginger Minj doesn't just sing the hell out of this; she acts the hell out of it, too. She really sells the whole thing. It's possibly the best rendition of this song ever.
Christopher Sieber’s js the best rendition I’ve ever seen. I worked the show as an usher and we all cried almost every night. But MY GOD Ginger needs to be on Broadway next! So freakin talented.
What a wonderful point, Tyler. I have come to watch this a dozen times - at least. It is soooooo true, her acting at the beginning is AWESOME with her emotion and looking in the camera, she's the character, and LOGO was lazy and didn't put her name in the video title - wtf. Just like Ru and many RPDR fans who don't give her the accolades she deserves. I am so happy I got to see her Double Wide Diva doulbe-concert in Orlando in 2022. She was so nice to me, said at the start of title track, "here's your favorite song!" after I had spoke with her during the middle of the 2 concerts! She's so smart and sweet. I was talking to her husband, and was about to approach her, and I turned to her and smiled, and she acted like an excited girl waiting to be asked to dance, and stuck her tongue out and wiggled around excitedly and I said I'm coming over, I've just been too nervous, and she was the most genuine person ever... So deserving of super stardom.
She looks beautiful. I also appreciate her coming to do this despite tensions with WOW and RPDR. This performance was breathtaking, Ginger killed it, and it was beyond significant given Orlando.
Ginger should get all the credit and they should rename the video. She definitely deserves more and in my eyes she is forever iconic. However, the other girls are not just props, this is a performance and they are integral to the number. They are part of the story and even if they're not the main characters they shouldn't be reduced by saying they look bored or they're just sitting there. Not all performances require singing or dancing or special effects or even smiling in order to be eventful. They are helping Ginger tell this story, share this message and it's beautiful and inspiring. It makes me think that even if we usually see drag Queens as being fun and dramatic and life-giving goddesses, in the bigger scheme the impact is not always the one that you first thought of. Like that beautiful line from 'Paris is burning' which goes something like: 'When you're young you think you're going to change the world, but as you grow older you settle for changing just one person' Sorry, I didn't expect this to be such a rant, it's just something that I had on my mind
Yeah I think especially with each of these queens having very unique personalities, I mean Alyssa Edwards, Alaska, Phi Phi?? They're passionate about their craft and unapologetically themselves, even if they've been hated for this. They can definitely say "I am what I am" and believe it. And their dresses emulating the colors of the rainbow, imo Ginger's performance and the girls they chose to perform with her, all of those choices were the sincerest expression of love towards the song.
This video had me sobbing. I've really been struggling with coming to terms with my sexuality and i love all these girls so much and i just hope that they know how much their courage to be out and proud inspires me, and has given me a safe haven.
Just remember, as someone who just recently came out, it feels amazing to be out and proud, and if people don't like you, fuck em. You are what you are
Eureka consistently creates more entertainment. This is a beautiful example of Ginger's work, but there isn't a lot of other work of hers out there that are of this excellent quality. I don't feel that Ginger understands how to best market herself. Eureka does know how to market herself.
Bianca, he's legendary! Wikipedia: Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1954)[1] is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]
oh my gosh, didn't even THINK of that, fantastic point, Stephanie. Ginger's truly amazing. I watched front row at ther one-night only Double Wide Diva double-concert in Orlando last year. Ginger was sooooo loving and kind, and in between concerts I met Ginger and talk about down to earth and in the 2nd concert Ginger pointed to me at the start of Double Wide Diva and said, "it's your favorite song!", which I had stated when I talked to her. How could Ru not pick her to win, which would expose her to millions more as a "winner" of RPDR. My friend swears Ru doesn't want her to become bigger than her LOLLLLL He said that he loved Alyssa, but after seeing all the clips of Ginger he never would have seen without me showing him, he realized Ginger is one of the top talents to come out of that show.
I met Ginger a couple of years ago at Dragworld UK & told her how absolutely wonderful this performance was. She sang it the night previously at the Dragball too and it was perfect. She was so sweet and kind.
Ginger just finished a run of Le Cage Aux Falles in Chicago, and did a one night only performance of her Double Wide Diva album in Orlando, and now is the headliner at Rupaul's Drag Race Live in Vegas for the next month! She's clearly the major talent out of season 7 - acting, singing, comedy and she is cute as a button in person!
MORE than just qualified; check out Jinx (as Little Edie) singing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. The sound quality of the recording isn't great and doesn't do justice to the range and power of her voice, but anyone watching will agree that she belongs on Broadway.
Ginger said that her last drag performance would be her singing this again, so I decided to Google it and I felt so happy while watching this. My jaw was open the entire time. I even shed a tear because of how excellent her performance was. Impeccable, Ginger! I hope you make it to the top 4 of All Stars 6, good luck!
Harvey fierstein is his name . The song " I am what I am " came from his book so to be play. That's why he is so emotional . He is watching someone preform the song that it was suppose to inspire
Jennifer Haining Though I get what you are saying, there is no such thing as a gay "lifestyle" in much the same way there is no such thing as a straight lifestyle.
Sorry grrls lets get our Herstory right. With solid props to Harvey Firestein: "I Am What I Am" is a song originally introduced in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles. The song is the finale number of the musical's first act, and performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by George Hearn. His version appears on the original cast album released in 1983. The song was composed in 1973 by Jerry Herman, an openly gay man.
Come on, let's face it. Ginger has to be one of the most talented and likeable queens to ever grace the RPDR franchise! This video will forever remain in my list of Best Ever performances by a Drag Race Gurl! So many queens have walked through the doors of Drag Race, but one thing is for sure, you will never find another Ginger Minj! A True Winner of the Drag Race Franchise!
This only worked so well because Ginger's actually legitimately talented, like, she could genuinely be in a professional theatre production. She's not just a queen with a gimmick.
This performance brings tears to my eyes everytime. Ginger is incredibly talented! I'm so glad she got to perform this for Harvey Fierstein, no other drag queen could have done it better.
Lyrics for anyone who wants them; I am what I am I am my own special creation So come take a look Give me the hook or the ovation It's my world that I want to have a little pride in My world and it's not a place I have to hide in Life's not worth a dam 'Til you can say I am what I am I am what I am I don't want praise, I don't want pity I bang my own drum Some think it's noise, I think it's pretty And so what if I love each feather and each bangle Why not try to see things from a different angle Your life is a sham 'Til you can shout out, I am what I am I am what I am And what I am needs no excuses I deal my own deck Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces It's one life and there's no return and no deposit One life. So it's time to open up your closet Life's not worth a dam 'Til you can say 'hey world, I am what I am'
1.Wow, Ginger, wow! I was never a huge fan of her but this blew ne away, she's so so so talented! 2.Alaska is padded to the gods! That figure is gagging me!!! Absolutely beautiful! 3. Alyssa is a vision in yellow, love her and this look, gorg! 4. I really don't get all the Phi Phi hate, her season was soo long ago and all of that is behind her and she's really talented... oh, and for all of you that don't know, most of her arguments with sharon in season 4 were not real, they were faking it for attention, she talking about this on her interview on 'hey qween' 5.Tatianna looks absolutely gorgeous, she's one of the most beautiful queens out there. I'm so excited for All Stars!!!! Can't wait, it's going to be on fire!!
No phi phi does not still hate Sharon she acknowledges that their arguments on the show were played up in order to create drama and help them get to the top 3
This makes me so emotional every time I watch it no matter what, simply because of Fierstein's reaction. Truly such a wonderful piece of art!! Go Ginger!
can we talk about how unique Tatianna's choreography was at 2:51?? Something about her not facing the front, but using the reverse hand gestures and then turning around to put the same hand up was just so.. enticing to me. Well-executed performance!
Alaska looks like she wishes she was any where else but on that stage. Ginger minj is amazing, she didn’t need anyone else on the stage with her. She’s just amazing!
I came here to see how Phi phi and alyssa interact on stage. lol knowing what happened and then coming back and watching this again? and seeing how phi phi acts now... its so weird.
Just let Ginger have her fucking moment without comparing her to other queens or trying to prove that she's relevant. Just let her talent shine and embrace it, enjoy it, live in it and be happy for her cause we all deserve it. Stop putting people down, stop the hate. End this cycle and LOVE.
I had to watch this a second time because my jaw was on the floor the first time. Absolutely BREATHTAKING, Ginger is a true talent and it shows here. :)
two years later and her performance still gives me goosebumps!!
GIVE GINGER THE URSULA ROLE IN THE LIVE ACTION REMAKE OF THE LITTLE MERMAID!!
thwooorp I was just thinking this🙏🏻
@@BeniMihai no
@@BeniMihai Stop spamming... Jesus
Lass has the voice down. With hope she’d get the iconic laugh. I’d live.
Ginger or Jinx should have got it. It's insulting to the original that they chose Melissa McCarthy.
I think Ginger was the only one aware of a what a huge honor it was, to play that role in front of Harvey Fierstein!!!! And what an even bigger honor it is, to see Fierstein cry because of another actor's performance!! Ginger you are amazing!!! Good job!!!
She sings it so well! And then there's Harvey in the audience crying. I'm getting all teary now, lol.
Love....
You can just tell in her performance the reverence she carried for that part, for Fierstein, for that song. It brings everything up. I had to watch this a couple times before I realized there were other queens there.
That performance was an *entire* damn journey, and the bit at the very end where, finished, she glances toward Harvey to gauge response... my God, I could watch this video forever.
i literally just found out why, tonight - matt baume's video "gaing up cheers with harvey fierstein" opened my eyes. why do we gay men not know these histories? I feel so cheated, so jilted, by my own ignorance. I have to see torchsong trilogy now.
“All stars 2 cast” is a weird way or spelling ginger Minj
English is a weird language.
And Katya***
@@trionahanna7075 They said what they said and they meant it
Triona Hanna I’m- Katya wasn’t even in the video 💀
Not them thinking Alaska is Katya...
"All Stars 2 Cast" - Ginger Minj slaying and some other people
With half of the cast not even in the performance... 🤔
Blake TheAdequate Hi! Please check out my cn! I would love some support and opinions on my music!
So true, omg
Pretty much but Ginger was on fire. So talented 🔥😍❤️👏👏👏
This is why she should have won ...
I don't understand why ginger gets so much hate she is so talented I love her
Exactly! She's one of the most generous queens
She was just bitter on the show sometimes.
She was just bitter on the show sometimes.
Because she is bitchy and unpleasant and her way of winning was talking shit and throwing everybody under he bus
James the challenge was to say why you and not your competitors should win. She really didn't do anything that bad and I'm sorry when did it become a bad thing for a drag queen to throw shade. IJS.
Ginger could win a Tony award if she was given the right show. Her talent is way too overlooked!
I am in rehearsals with her in Chicago as we speak and she is great!
What's a Tooony?
@@tomshea8382 onion7i
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@@UndercoverBunny86 theatre version of the oscar
I had NO IDEA Ginger could sing like that, holy shit. Impressed.
I thought she was lip syncing at first! She's phenomenal.
well she has a theatre background
he performed on broadway, he's a broadway gurl lol
Yes specially because she is a heavy smoker.
I still stand by what I said ginger really should have won season 7 she was by far the most talented on that season.
Ginger is so underrated! i dont get why she receive so much hate from young gays ¬¬ she is an old school queen! i love u Ging
Manuel Monge totally agree she deserve more love and recognition 😍
Cause she's overweight. Duh.
I couldn’t stand her at first because of the way she acted on season 7 but she’s really grown on me
MrStGeorgeIllawarra and you’re face looks like a bag of shit
She was not more of a "cunt" than for example Violet and Pearl (or is calling other queens unoriginal, non-creative and "John Goodman" in confessionals non-cunt behavior?). You and your ilk forgive the queens that are young, skinny and "fashion forward" for displaying similar behavior.@@wickeddreamer7958
And this is why she's coming back for All Stars 6. Because she's a superstar.
Ginger has been so mistreated by many of the younger fans, who only want easily consumable, skinny, young queens. She is easily one of the most talented queens to compete, and I hope she is not robbed like on All Stars 2 (when she did the best in the challenge but ended up in the bottom 2).
@@Dalsemien i'm sure the reason she is so unpopular is how rude and mean she was in season 7. not excusing the mistreatment but there are a lot of reasons to dislike her (as tv personality) that aren't superficial
Yep-
@@samblerisco of course she was a bitch in season 7. but what the younger gen doesn't understand about drag is drag queens are all bitches lol. imagine if season 5 aired today. it would be received so much differently. its tv and nothing more, and they are men in wigs and nothing more. the internet really doesn't understand the culture it so "loves" all that much at all
i want ginger, sonique, trinity k.b and pandora to do well becuz i miss those old season queens.
I need Ginger to be on broadway.
Her and jinkx are gonna be on Xanadu as the two sisters
100000000000000% yes
SkiiAnnika and it got cancelled
She did tours I’m pretty sure
Yaaass
YES MISS GINGER SLAY THAT VIBRATO HOLY CRAP 😭👏❤
Lara yasssss 100% Agee
Ok Laganja
Her voice gives me chills ❤️❤️❤️
5 years later and this still gives me chills. The way Harvey Fierstein is moved to tears by Ginger Minj’s performance is so beautiful
"Allstars 2 cast performs"
No. Ginger Minj performed the fuck out of that song. It should have her name in the title. She was EVERYTHING 😍
Ginger didn't need lots of crystals and sequins to shine the brightest on that stage!
Harvey Fierstein tearing up just gets me every time
I hate that ginger doesn't get enough credit...
@@y2k-185 This is the most ridiculous response. She is not "only singing", she is doing a performance, do you know how hard that is? She was the main performer in the number and deserved to be acknowledged as such by Logo, not just by the fans.
Christa Michelle Starkid exactly, she’s the only one singing in a giant auditorium full of people, I’d piss myself if I had to do that
@@y2k-185 ...prancing in dresses... ...like ginger... ...who was also singing... ...no...
Are you really this dumb?@@y2k-185
Y2k - I’m a drag queen so yes I do know how hard that is babydoll. This should say “Ginger and the cast of allstars 2” or something along those lines and that’s the truth.
Ginger deserves so much more love. She fucking killed it.
trueeee
Ikr
And she's a total sweetheart in real life. She's so underrated.
I agree I met her at drag con and she was an absolute angel
I honestly had no idea she sang. She's so good!!!
Still one of the best performances from a Ru Girl.
this and shangela performs for beyonce
@@bassemra2000 when was THAT?!
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Ginger knows her herstory and totally 'got it'. She really gave Harvey some 'naches' . The tears of joy really moved me as a reflection of a glittering career and a genuine contribution to gay life, human rights and the evolution of the modern performer.
Your commentary absolute ACE! So thankful to Mr. Fierstein for his trailblazing fearlessness, activism and all-round humanity. And for living out loud his own mantra: "I am what I am!" for so this 42-year old blk kid from Texas who needed every hero he could find to know he was worth the fight.
Yes!!!! He was absolutely schepping nachus!!!
Ginger is so talented. To be frank, I can't see how anyone can genuinely say she didn't deserve to be in the top three.
Cause people thought she was "a bitch" which yes she was bitter but she isn't like that anymore and her talent go beyond a lot of the season 7 queens, especially pearl...
I agree, I didn't like Ginger's attitude on the show, but that never stopped me from realizing that she was incredibly well rounded. Plus she SHOWED her acting and comedy chops, and stated on the show that she was able to sing as well. What I find most shocking is that this wasn't made a duet with Adore. I think their voices would have paired wonderfully with each other! Now I'm yearning for a live singing number on a reunion like they do with dancing. I could see Jinkx, Ivy, Ginger and Adore doing something stellar. No I didn't leave out Courtney Act. I just think her singing voice is....more of an acquired taste.
+babyEroose considering the rumours regarding Adore and AS2, its comprehensible she's not in it, although it would've been amazing.
+Anthony Karapetrides are you blind? They announced the AS2 cast like 3 weeks ago...
Anthony Karapetrides With "ThatStraightDragQuens"s comment, I'm unsure. Adore *is* on all stars 2. Were you unaware, or are you saying there has been some strife with Adore being cast?
I love how Alyssa got excited when Ginger sang "deuces" 😂😂
If you didn't know, that was her season 5 exit
I noticed the same heheheeh
Amen
When ginger started singing, the first thing i thought was, omg are they all gonna sing??? IS ALYSSA GONNA SING????? 😂
I honestly thought adore would've walked out like she did in shade the russical with the other girls and had a solo. Oh well Q.Q I can dream
literally me
+Isaak Guido tru
Alyssa better not sing
she Sings like she's a grate dancer
Ginger you make me cry!!! why don´t you did this on RPDR????
there was the Divine acting/singing challenge. it didn't showcase her singing talent though
Alaska wins :/ sorry
+Kesha InMyCasa Well, she does.
+Kesha InMyCasa I mean win...
+zetazeta ram .....I was already thinking you were talking about EdieNano's eating habits then you go "I mean wins".....lmao
Ginger Minj doesn't just sing the hell out of this; she acts the hell out of it, too.
She really sells the whole thing. It's possibly the best rendition of this song ever.
Christopher Sieber’s js the best rendition I’ve ever seen. I worked the show as an usher and we all cried almost every night. But MY GOD Ginger needs to be on Broadway next! So freakin talented.
What a wonderful point, Tyler. I have come to watch this a dozen times - at least. It is soooooo true, her acting at the beginning is AWESOME with her emotion and looking in the camera, she's the character, and LOGO was lazy and didn't put her name in the video title - wtf. Just like Ru and many RPDR fans who don't give her the accolades she deserves.
I am so happy I got to see her Double Wide Diva doulbe-concert in Orlando in 2022. She was so nice to me, said at the start of title track, "here's your favorite song!" after I had spoke with her during the middle of the 2 concerts! She's so smart and sweet. I was talking to her husband, and was about to approach her, and I turned to her and smiled, and she acted like an excited girl waiting to be asked to dance, and stuck her tongue out and wiggled around excitedly and I said I'm coming over, I've just been too nervous, and she was the most genuine person ever... So deserving of super stardom.
Very misleading. This should be 'Ginger performs with the help of four other cast members of AS2.' I still loved it!
Nah, it should just be "Ginger and friends" lol
That's not how performance credits work. For example, at the Tony's, they introduce each number as the "company of [Insert show name]"
Ginger performs with 'choices', 'go go juice fanatic', 'so called winner' and ' the bitch who's name we don't mention'
I think it should have been Ginger alone. I get what they were getting at with the other cast members but it distracted from the song itself.
I want someone to look at me like Harvey Fierstein looks at Ginger Minj
Ginger Minj Performs 'I Am What I Am' for Harvey Fierstein | Trailblazer Honors | Logo
Fixed the title for you
Or even Ginger Minj and the cast of AS2 - she owned that performance and should be recognised.
ft. The Cast of AS2
No matter how Phi Phi acted on All Stars, you cannot deny that she looks absolutely flawlessly in this video
Agreed.
And she's stunning too!
She always looks flawless! (Leather Extravaganza and Stand-Up looks not withstanding)
I don’t like her look
She looks beautiful. I also appreciate her coming to do this despite tensions with WOW and RPDR. This performance was breathtaking, Ginger killed it, and it was beyond significant given Orlando.
It must be killing Alyssa to be moving that slowly during a choreographed dance.
hahahahahahaa
Yaas😂😂
+Disko H she usually dances to pop music instead of slow songs lol
+Disko H .....Neither-land ?! ....in Europe ! ....no kidding !!
+Disko H Whats wrong with Canadians
Ginger should get all the credit and they should rename the video. She definitely deserves more and in my eyes she is forever iconic.
However, the other girls are not just props, this is a performance and they are integral to the number. They are part of the story and even if they're not the main characters they shouldn't be reduced by saying they look bored or they're just sitting there. Not all performances require singing or dancing or special effects or even smiling in order to be eventful. They are helping Ginger tell this story, share this message and it's beautiful and inspiring. It makes me think that even if we usually see drag Queens as being fun and dramatic and life-giving goddesses, in the bigger scheme the impact is not always the one that you first thought of.
Like that beautiful line from 'Paris is burning' which goes something like: 'When you're young you think you're going to change the world, but as you grow older you settle for changing just one person'
Sorry, I didn't expect this to be such a rant, it's just something that I had on my mind
Yeah I think especially with each of these queens having very unique personalities, I mean Alyssa Edwards, Alaska, Phi Phi?? They're passionate about their craft and unapologetically themselves, even if they've been hated for this. They can definitely say "I am what I am" and believe it. And their dresses emulating the colors of the rainbow, imo Ginger's performance and the girls they chose to perform with her, all of those choices were the sincerest expression of love towards the song.
it would have less views. i know i wouldn't have clicked.
Awww Harvey.
Also, she shouldda won. ._.
+Kat Blaque ily but nah Katya should have won
😒🖕🏻
I love you, Kat! But Katya should've won
Oline Margrethe I wouldda been okay with that. lol.
This video had me sobbing. I've really been struggling with coming to terms with my sexuality and i love all these girls so much and i just hope that they know how much their courage to be out and proud inspires me, and has given me a safe haven.
Rory Harris you and me both I’m trying to come to terms with liking males and it’s such a difficult and confusing time x
Just remember, as someone who just recently came out, it feels amazing to be out and proud, and if people don't like you, fuck em. You are what you are
I'm seeing this comment more than 2 years later. And I just wanna ask andnmakensure everything's going okay for you now Roy
I hope you and Jason are living your truth now x
That’s the best part of being in this community. There’s a whole family out there just waiting for you. From your big sis, I LOVE YALL!!
People claiming Eureka is the best big girl to ever be on Drag Race. Bitch, receipts are here. Ginger has the comedy chops and is a Broadway Diva!
But where are the looks?? She has aweful runways
Eureka consistently creates more entertainment. This is a beautiful example of Ginger's work, but there isn't a lot of other work of hers out there that are of this excellent quality. I don't feel that Ginger understands how to best market herself. Eureka does know how to market herself.
Her runways are so bad taste, so is not that she looks bad because she is small or have no neck, is just bad taste
Ginger prooved it in the all stars 6 she was amazing 😍
@@alexjamero8089 yeah but again the runways were not that great haha.
Anyone else tear up every time they show Harvey? My heart! ❤️💛💚💙💜
Also the kids who comment they don't know who Harvey is break my heart. Do your research!
+Amy S agreed.
+Amy S which kids? I don't see anyone commenting that
Amy S Who is Harvey?
Bianca, he's legendary!
Wikipedia: Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1954)[1] is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]
For the first 30 seconds of the song I thought ginger was lipsyncing and then when I realised she wasn't... Jaw hit the ground!
Sammeeeeeeee!
I know, right!?!?!?!
I believe ginger has said she is actually a classically trained singer.
She was in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway
hahaha me too!!!
I just want to add that she sang the hell out of this all while snatched and corseted for the gods, okay? What a freaking star!!!
oh my gosh, didn't even THINK of that, fantastic point, Stephanie. Ginger's truly amazing. I watched front row at ther one-night only Double Wide Diva double-concert in Orlando last year. Ginger was sooooo loving and kind, and in between concerts I met Ginger and talk about down to earth and in the 2nd concert Ginger pointed to me at the start of Double Wide Diva and said, "it's your favorite song!", which I had stated when I talked to her. How could Ru not pick her to win, which would expose her to millions more as a "winner" of RPDR. My friend swears Ru doesn't want her to become bigger than her LOLLLLL He said that he loved Alyssa, but after seeing all the clips of Ginger he never would have seen without me showing him, he realized Ginger is one of the top talents to come out of that show.
Am I the only one who would live to hear Ginger do a duet with John Barrowman?!?! Showtunes extravaganza!
I’d love to see them do La Cage Aux Folles together. With Ginger playing Zaza and John Barrowman as George.
YESSS GIVE IT TO ME
Honey, I'd live for that
This is my 3rd time watching this, and I'm so blessed to have had the chance to hear this.
I keep on watching it more than thrice!
I never knew Ginger could sing like that! This was wonderful and beyond!
Look at her all stars performance sheer ( she was on the same season as Tatianna )
I met Ginger a couple of years ago at Dragworld UK & told her how absolutely wonderful this performance was. She sang it the night previously at the Dragball too and it was perfect.
She was so sweet and kind.
easily the most talented and best big girl who ever set foot in RPDR, latrice is a close second. No wonder Ginger is for AS6, cant wait
I‘m sure, she will win. All be big Girls were strong. It‘s really time for them.
Ginger just finished a run of Le Cage Aux Falles in Chicago, and did a one night only performance of her Double Wide Diva album in Orlando, and now is the headliner at Rupaul's Drag Race Live in Vegas for the next month! She's clearly the major talent out of season 7 - acting, singing, comedy and she is cute as a button in person!
Just look at Mr. Fierstein's reaction! Such joy and honour! Thank you Ginger!
He was moved to tears and overjoyed. So happy to see it.
Danny Devito was serving it!!! YASSS!
The Danny devote to of drag
Lmao
2024 and still here watching this epic performance.
Ginger as Edna Turnblad plz
Ginger as Tracy Turnblad plz!
No, I would love to have Ginger as Ursula in a Little Mermaid real life remake!
For once we need an actual drag queen playing drag roles on broadway. Jinkx and Ginger are more than qualified.
MORE than just qualified; check out Jinx (as Little Edie) singing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. The sound quality of the recording isn't great and doesn't do justice to the range and power of her voice, but anyone watching will agree that she belongs on Broadway.
oh my god yes
2:38 that hopeful look of them while holding hands and smiling and this epic song and everything OMG I got chills! So beautiful!
Ginger said that her last drag performance would be her singing this again, so I decided to Google it and I felt so happy while watching this. My jaw was open the entire time. I even shed a tear because of how excellent her performance was. Impeccable, Ginger! I hope you make it to the top 4 of All Stars 6, good luck!
THE WINNER OF AS6, GINGER MINJ! Here’s to the best of the best
I BET MY WHOLE HOUSE ON HER WINNING!! 💗
I need her to win. She deserves that crown more than anyone else.
Same here. I know she will win
Sonique gonna win !
Predicted 😎
When the guy started crying so did I.... honestly I never thought i'd love to see a day where drag means something on this levl
Harvey fierstein is his name . The song " I am what I am " came from his book so to be play. That's why he is so emotional . He is watching someone preform the song that it was suppose to inspire
Jennifer Haining Though I get what you are saying, there is no such thing as a gay "lifestyle" in much the same way there is no such thing as a straight lifestyle.
Sorry grrls lets get our Herstory right. With solid props to Harvey Firestein: "I Am What I Am" is a song originally introduced in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles. The song is the finale number of the musical's first act, and performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by George Hearn. His version appears on the original cast album released in 1983. The song was composed in 1973 by Jerry Herman, an openly gay man.
The guy? You mean the living legend
facts are facts!!
I think seeing dragrace girls performing in a venue like this says a lot about how far we've come.
Bumped into this via recommendations and I'll just be crying over here
Come on, let's face it. Ginger has to be one of the most talented and likeable queens to ever grace the RPDR franchise! This video will forever remain in my list of Best Ever performances by a Drag Race Gurl! So many queens have walked through the doors of Drag Race, but one thing is for sure, you will never find another Ginger Minj! A True Winner of the Drag Race Franchise!
talented, yes definitely, likeable? not so much, but who wants to be
She's still adorable even when she's throwing shade 🤣
Am I the only one who thinks Ginger Minj should be on Broadway?
I’d go watch her
@@tattie.b8594 We all would.
You killed it @GingerMinj !!
She won't see that....
+Nolan Dempsey she won't see that either
+Skull Kid she won't see that too.
+Nolan Dempsey she won't see that either
+Skull Kid she won't see that one too
seriously... how can you not LOVE Harvey tearing up at 1:14. Ginger, gurlllll you and the others did amazing!
DISNEY please watch this and cast Ginger as Ursula xoxo
WHAT 💀💀💀
Good choice I prefer harvey fierstein
This is exactly why Ginger deserves a win this season of All Stars. She’s brilliant.
One of the best performances of this song I’ve ever seen. Ginger balances the fragility and strength exquisitely
This never fails to make me cry.
By far the best version of this song. A beautiful tribute sung by a beautiful soul.
This only worked so well because Ginger's actually legitimately talented, like, she could genuinely be in a professional theatre production. She's not just a queen with a gimmick.
This performance brings tears to my eyes everytime. Ginger is incredibly talented! I'm so glad she got to perform this for Harvey Fierstein, no other drag queen could have done it better.
Phi Phi looks phenomenal.
you can so feel how much this song means to her (Ginger) and that she has lived through and felt every single word of it. Go for it, Girl! amazing
Admit it, this is a frequent visit. Iconic.
This is not "All Star Cast performs", this is "Ginger Minj performs"! She should be rightfully credited
Lyrics for anyone who wants them;
I am what I am
I am my own special creation
So come take a look
Give me the hook or the ovation
It's my world that I want to have a little pride in
My world and it's not a place I have to hide in
Life's not worth a dam
'Til you can say I am what I am
I am what I am
I don't want praise, I don't want pity
I bang my own drum
Some think it's noise, I think it's pretty
And so what if I love each feather and each bangle
Why not try to see things from a different angle
Your life is a sham
'Til you can shout out, I am what I am
I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces
It's one life and there's no return and no deposit
One life. So it's time to open up your closet
Life's not worth a dam
'Til you can say 'hey world, I am what I am'
need to go back here!! congrats ginger being casted again for ALLSTAR 6!! ✨😙
1.Wow, Ginger, wow! I was never a huge fan of her but this blew ne away, she's so so so talented!
2.Alaska is padded to the gods! That figure is gagging me!!! Absolutely beautiful!
3. Alyssa is a vision in yellow, love her and this look, gorg!
4. I really don't get all the Phi Phi hate, her season was soo long ago and all of that is behind her and she's really talented... oh, and for all of you that don't know, most of her arguments with sharon in season 4 were not real, they were faking it for attention, she talking about this on her interview on 'hey qween'
5.Tatianna looks absolutely gorgeous, she's one of the most beautiful queens out there.
I'm so excited for All Stars!!!! Can't wait, it's going to be on fire!!
phi phi still hates Sharon and she still talks shit
No phi phi does not still hate Sharon she acknowledges that their arguments on the show were played up in order to create drama and help them get to the top 3
no she doesnt
she's actually said great things about her and I'm pretty sure they worked together after Drag race.
i love your positivness
Boy did she. I felt her heartbeat in that performance
this performance always makes me cry because of harvey's reaction in the audience
I come back to this video every time I want to feel some feels in my heart from watching Harvey Fierstein weeping with joy.
This makes me so emotional every time I watch it no matter what, simply because of Fierstein's reaction. Truly such a wonderful piece of art!! Go Ginger!
I always cry when I watch this.
can we talk about how unique Tatianna's choreography was at 2:51?? Something about her not facing the front, but using the reverse hand gestures and then turning around to put the same hand up was just so.. enticing to me. Well-executed performance!
It’s just a gorgeous song and sentiment. Whether your a gym bro, twink, straight, gay, rich or poor. It’s just a great message ❤
Love how ginger sang the entire thing while the others just moved around her
WHY AM I ONLY SEEING THIS NOW 2019... Uhmazing. Slaaay
It's 2021 and I'm only just now seeing it 😅
Alaska looks like she wishes she was any where else but on that stage. Ginger minj is amazing, she didn’t need anyone else on the stage with her. She’s just amazing!
That’s Alaska’s normal face.
4 years later and this still move me !!!!
Alyssa and Tati specifically? Gorgeous.
Going back to this video, realizing how awkward Alyssa and Phi Phi were here.
Knowing that the show has already taped before this.
I came here to see how Phi phi and alyssa interact on stage. lol knowing what happened and then coming back and watching this again? and seeing how phi phi acts now... its so weird.
Neutrino Baterato Yes! Awkward no eye contact at 1:45 -- but I applaud the level of professionalism they displayed here.
yeesss alyssa is super professional :) this performance is amazing
what happened between alyssa and phi phi??!!!
aliciavicx watch the show, all stars 2, it's amazing
The genuine smile on Phi Phi.
rewatching this reaffirms my confidence that she’s getting the crown. i’m blown every time i watch her perform.
Just let Ginger have her fucking moment without comparing her to other queens or trying to prove that she's relevant. Just let her talent shine and embrace it, enjoy it, live in it and be happy for her cause we all deserve it. Stop putting people down, stop the hate. End this cycle and LOVE.
ckaji15 👏ＰＲＥＡＣＨ👏
Still brings a tear to my eye after all these years.
I never get tired of this video. Ginger is amazing!
Harvey has just deserved this performance as a big present for him.
The man in the audience at 01:05 makes a mimik which is gold worth .
I love this performance and the look on Harvey's face is priceless. Great job Ginger
Phiphi is sooooo gorgeous!! I cant believe people send her hate still to this day 😞😞 She’s one of the bests for sure ❤️
Ginger Minj you killed it girl. Tatianna you look fabulous as usual in my fave color 💓
I cried watching it, it was just that powerful. Such comfort and encouragement that I think we can all use.
I cried this was so beautiful
Three years later and this performance still has me shooketh. She's just *so* damned good, and the intensity -- such a theater kid!!
Phi Phi looks soo goood ❤
What an anthem !
I had to watch this a second time because my jaw was on the floor the first time.
Absolutely BREATHTAKING, Ginger is a true talent and it shows here. :)
I really hope she wins All Stars 6
Watching this 5 yrs later makes it even better