Is this convergence of art and commerce a sign of a deeper cultural decadence, as Ezra Pound would have had it?
For extra decadence, deep fry the onion rings before baking the egg in the middle.
W ho knows if there's a deep, subliminal connection between a decade and decadence?
A cocktail is a must before bed - they're the best in town - but make sure you've booked the "Decadence" room; a deep-red bedroom draped in velvet and crowned with a chandelier that would make Louis XIV blush.
The fact that the sundae is being received less as a charming upscale menu flourish and more as a vulgar symbol of fast-food decadence is a testament to how deep that stigma runs (I'm curious to know how people would react if Chipotle released a similar dish).
Naturally enough, Funny People is filled with jokes and the process that creates and refines them, but deeper down than that, it is a portrait of decadence and disillusion in show business success.
Painterly decadence is punctuated by punk-provocative titles like "Deep Throat," "The Sound of Music," and the deadpanning "Life Is Empty and Meaningless".
In an opinion that came with a long appendix, he called "Deep Throat" "this feast of carrion and squalor," "a nadir of decadence" and "a Sodom and Gomorrah gone wild before the fire".
One of Kurtzman's favorites, "Decadence Degenerated" is set in a town in the Deep South called Rottenville, where nothing happens until local beauty Honey Lou is found murdered.
Fear not if your pockets aren't deep as there are plenty of budget options, as well as high-end decadence for those with more cash to splash.
In the final gallery, meanwhile, a wall of deep purple is hung on one side with four lurid lithographs of social decadence by Dix, including "Nocturnal Apparition," which suggests a streetwalker with a skull's head.
