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From a reader: "The Observer is way behind the curve on the staring thing. Call it further proof that Willyburg is so 5 minutes ago. The staring contest craze started not on the PATH, but in my hometown of Pensacola, Fla...Some guys even made a documentary about it recently. This from staremaster.com: StareMaster: The Making of a Big Deal About Nothing (documentary, 2003) dramatizes to absurdity the final night in a weeklong tour by the StareMaster project - a live-action game show in which combatants attempt to stare one another down through a barrage of distractions. The action unfolds in the sleepy southern town of Pensacola, FL, where the filmmakers follow eight participants as they compete against one another for the title of StareMaster2002. 'The film is about watching, what watching means, and as such, it gets to the very heart of cinema. It's also very funny.' —Rick Moody" [UPDATE: Another reader points out that the directors are from Brooklyn.]
