never forget her commentary on this performance:
“The methodology behind what I’ve done is that, when they wanted me to
be sexy, or they wanted me to be pop, I always fuckin’ put some absurd
spin on it that made me feel like I was still in control. So
you know what? If I’m gonna be sexy on the VMAs, and sing about the
paparazzi, I’m going to do it while I’m bleeding to death and reminding
you of what fame did to Marilyn Monroe, the original Norma Jean, and
what it did to Anna Nicole Smith, and what it did to…
Yeah. You know who.”