Peng resented Mao's personal lifestyle, which Peng considered decadent and luxurious. Modern art was banned as being decadent, bourgeois and elitist. The Kit Kat Klub is a seedy cabaret, a place of decadent celebration. Jazz became associated with all things modern, sophisticated, and also decadent. Refined cuisine could be moralized as a sign of either civilized progress or decadent decline. The film presents a look at the culture of wealthy, decadent youth in Los Angeles. Jordan becomes immensely successful and slides into a decadent lifestyle of prostitutes and drugs. The Doctor denounces the Time Lords as decadent and corrupt. He viewed Western culture as being inherently decadent and a corrupting influence upon the youth. In his book, James describes a long period of decadent lifestyle. The media reported that this was indicative of the couple's decadent lifestyle. As such, raising pigs was seen as a wasteful and decadent practice. Socialist realism was, to some extent, a reaction against the adoption of these "decadent" styles. They started looking about for an excuse, which the decadent Nawabs readily provided. Symbolism has often been confused with the Decadent movement.