Rococo fashion was based on extravagance, elegance, refinement and decoration. These grave goods featured decorative ornamentation that far exceeded the extravagance of traditional burials. Its lyrics celebrate extravagance, glamour and the party lifestyle. The interior displays a late-Empire luxury of gilt decorations, plushy extravagance and stucco. The Jew has oriental extravagance and sensuous brilliance. The walls of the dining hall were decorated with the utmost extravagance with gilded carvings. Again, some bystanders complained, this time at Caesar's wasteful extravagance. In Europe and America, purple is the color most associated with vanity, extravagance, and individualism. The song's lyrics address extravagance, a luxurious lifestyle, and love. Caligula's political payments for support, generosity and extravagance had exhausted the state's treasury. Additional contributing factors included reports of oppression, brutality, corruption, and extravagance. Historian Robin Furneaux wrote of this period, "No extravagance, however absurd, deterred" the rubber barons. Nick warns Philip that Rachel was notorious in Florence for extravagance and lust. "The A.V. Club"s Mike Vago described it as an "extravagance of blandness". Network executives considered the use of film an unnecessary extravagance.