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“We were three people in a bar all night long talking about how nothing was happening," he said. "There was no do-it-yourself art, no local culture. So we decided to exploit this nothingness, invert boredom and create excitement.”
From its origins in Pensacola, StareMaster grew into what it is today -- a narrated staring contest with a musical soundtrack ("Eye of the Tiger" is one song), dramatic lighting and a video component that has traveled to Miami, New Orleans, Tallahassee, San Francisco, New York and plans to hit Europe and Asia.
StareMaster works like this: An emcee presides over the non-action as two participants stare into each other’s eyes for two minutes. They are permitted to blink, but “no laughing, no crying, no talking, no smiling, no teeth, no sudden movements, no touching, no coughing, no time-outs, no sneezing, no tongue, no snorting, no fluttering,” according to the rules.
After two minutes, participants enter the “dry-eye death phase,” in which blinking is not allowed. Meanwhile, videos show the audience a close-up of the participants’ eyes, and two judges, including Linezo, stare at the starers, with whistles ready to blow.
And StareMaster may have a future on TV. Linezo said he's working on a pilot and is in talks with cable channels to do a game show and possibly some spring break specials, like a StareMaster “super bowl” among colleges. He’s also thinking of doing a celebrity StareMaster.
