feast or famine is one of my favorite starkid numbers in terms of choreography. I live you the half dancing half fighting. I live for the organized chaos.
How did I just realize that Wiggly saying “let me check my Christmas list”, on top of being a general Black Friday reference, foreshadows that the LiB want a blood sacrifice for Max because it’s easily a more specific BF reference to Gary and Barry in Feast or Famine singing “You made my Chriiiiiiissssstmaaaaaasss liiiiisssst” when they are trying to KILL EACHOTHER-
I think Hatchet Town does a great narrative job - besides just slapping - because it has very similar vibes to Feast or Famine even tho they don't sound alike but does the job of two songs:
Feast or Famine is by itself great but the fact it is only one song after What Do You Say does help to add the vibes. We just saw this people gossip at the line, acting like a real small comunity where everyone sorta knows each other and now they are just destroying each other for a toy! This adds a lot to the mob mentality of Black Friday, the way consumerism is driving us apart, how quickly this small comunity turns against each other.
Capitalism apart Hatchet Town has all that. We see how clearly this people know each other and their habits as they get ready to point fingers at their neighboors at the first problem. Someone doesn't belong suddently and they will find who and destroy them. It's just such a good mob mentality song that shows how Hatchetfield, like a lot of small cities, only pretends to be united (remember the whole Fuck Cliversdale/Go Nighthawks) and the LiB love to mock it.
I love Curt's shopper character because the first time I watched Black Friday I was adamantly on his side when he first stole the Wiggly (I can remember yelling "RUN CURT, RUN!" at the computer screen) and then like five minutes later he's murdering Ethan and I was just like 0_0