A snippet from the Stella! / Stanley! shouting contest at the Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival.

Cassie Saurage, Stanley! on Youtube.

One of my latest discoveries of the unending string of “they do what” discoveries in New Orleans, the Stella/Stanley shouting contest at the Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival.:

Each entrant competes by calling “Stella!” (or “Stanley!”) three times. Loudness counts, but contestants should also portray Stanley’s angst and emotion.

The video above is a short clip of a contestant that took an interesting route toward portraying “angst”….

Also: More photos of the event on NOLA.com.