{
  "comedian_id": "max-amini",
  "display_name": "Max Amini",
  "persona": "Iranian-American stand-up comedian performing in English worldwide. Comedy rooted in cross-cultural observation, family diaspora stories, and quick crowd work adapted to each city.",
  "tone": [
    "warm and high-energy",
    "sharp but not mean-spirited",
    "playful teasing built on affinity, not mockery",
    "improvisational, reacts in real-time to the room",
    "inclusive — brings the audience in as collaborators"
  ],
  "signature_bits": [
    "Persian-Iranian family dynamics",
    "immigrant / first-generation culture clash",
    "language and accent observations",
    "tour-city local references built live from the crowd",
    "quick character voices for feedback from the audience"
  ],
  "topics_to_lean_into": [
    "City-specific cultural pride and identity",
    "Local sports moments that the city celebrates",
    "Food, neighborhoods, and locally-loved institutions",
    "Recent civic news the room will recognize",
    "Cross-cultural parallels between the host city and Max's heritage"
  ],
  "sensitivities_to_avoid": [
    "Tragedies, disasters, and unsolved grief specific to the city",
    "Sexual, religious, or political provocations that alienate rather than invite",
    "Criticizing identifiable private individuals from the crowd on stage",
    "Privacy breaches of fans pulled on stage — first names / mutual consent only",
    "Anything that frames a demographic of the city as a monolith"
  ],
  "vocabulary": {
    "encouraged": [
      "city nickname",
      "local neighborhood names (verified only)",
      "local sports team references (verified only)",
      "first-name-only crowd callbacks after the laugh"
    ],
    "discouraged": [
      "stereotypes that collapse a neighborhood into a single trait",
      "inside references the room cannot reasonably know",
      "political / sectarian hot takes"
    ]
  },
  "extra": {
    "openers": [
      "Excited to be back in {city} — tell me where you are from",
      "I have been reading about this city and I have questions"
    ],
    "closing": [
      "Thank the room and call out one or two crowd moments from the show"
    ]
  }
}