The Velvet Rope "deep-down funk" and trip hop, as Jackson distorts her voice in a low range during a challenge of self-scrutiny. "Got 'til It's Gone" is an alternative pop and trip hop song, featuring folk singer Joni Mitchell and rapper Q-Tip. Jackson speaks of vulnerability and regret in a "depressive sobriety". Interlude "Speakerphone" consists of Jackson beginning to masturbate before a phone conversation with sister-in-law Lisa-Marie Presley. "My Need" is a mid-tempo hip-hop song tackling self-obsession and unbridled lust. Interlude "Fasten Your Seatbelts" portrays Jackson and her dancers mimicking Bette Davis in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" and "All About Eve".
All About Eve Great Movies", says Eve Harrington is "a universal type," and focuses on the aging actress plot line, comparing the film to "Sunset Boulevard." Similarly, Marc Lee's 2006 review of the film for "The Daily Telegraph" describes a subtext "into the darker corners of show business, exposing its inherent ageism, especially when it comes to female stars." Kathleen Woodward's 1999 book, "Figuring Age: Women, Bodies, Generations (Theories of Contemporary Culture)", also discusses themes that appeared in many of the "aging actress" films of the 1950s and 1960s, including "All About Eve." She reasons that Margo has three options: "To continue to