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The latest effort by Thomas L. Friedman, world's worst columnist: "I have a pet theory about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — that it is to wider trends in world affairs what Off Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/opinion/michael-bloomberg.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
Feel like you've heard that [awful] metaphor before? It's because he's used it at least eight times (but who's counting).
Last year: "It’s been obvious to me for some time that the Israeli-Arab conflict is to wider global geopolitical trends what Off Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/opinion/israel-refugees-african-dreamers.html
February, 2014: "I’ve long believed that the Israeli-Arab conflict is to the wider global war of civilizations what Off Broadway is to Broadway" https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/friedman-a-wonderful-country.html
July, 2014: "I’ve argued for a while now that it is always useful to study the Israeli-Arab conflict because it is to the wider war of civilizations what Off Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/opinion/thomas-friedman-israeli-palestinian-conflict-order-disorder.html
September, 2014: "I’ve been arguing for a while now that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the wider East-West clash of civilizations what Off Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/opinion/thomas-l-friedman-order-vs-disorder-part-4-.html
2011 [variation]: "I realize that I should be in Washington watching the debt drama there, but I’ve opted instead to be in Greece to observe the off-Broadway version." https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17friedman.html
2009: "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the wider Middle East what off-Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/opinion/05friedman.html
2006: "I believe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the big “clash of civilizations” now under way between the Muslim world and the West what the Spanish Civil War was to World War II. It’s Off Broadway to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/opinion/01friedman.html
2000: "For the past 20 years the security zone has been the Off Broadway of the Arab-Israeli conflict." https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/friedman/052600frie.html
