# Chapter 11 Comedy Repair Memo

## Source Audit

- `output/critiques/claude/chapter_11.comedy_doctor.md`
- Verdict: `CLEAR` with blocking rule still active on three items.

## Repairs Applied

1. Spent Ben self-deprecation:
   - Cut `which I know is not a personality` from the J-train line. The new shape remains `I checked the walk to the J. Twice.`

2. Repeated Sam sample-line catchphrase:
   - Changed `Sit. Not symbolically. The stool beats pacing.` to `Sit. The stool beats pacing.`

3. Portable apartment-listing joke:
   - Replaced generic closet-as-study reveal with a light-specific image: the room faces the back of the lot, bright at the ceiling and gray where a desk would go. This tees up June's later north-light verdict instead of using a stock NYC apartment joke.

4. `which` caption family:
   - Broke `which she was choosing to call efficiency` into `She was choosing to call that efficiency.`
   - Broke `which was the nicest thing about him` into `It was the nicest thing about him.`

5. Text register:
   - Changed `X3` to `x3` in Mara's group text.

## Disposition

All Comedy Doctor orders executed in `output/chapters/chapter_11.md`. Mechanical gate after repair: PASS open=0, allowlisted=0, WATCH=51.
