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Emily = Balok?

(August 2007)

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RA
random
I found this on the Daily Mail website about Emily Maitlis.

I mean what the hell? Didn't they have any other news to report on? Or anything better to do?

Quote:
Rumour has it that BBC presenter Emily Maitlis has been nicknamed "Balok" in the White City - because of her apparently startling resemblance to the fierce, bald alien from Star Trek. We are not entirely convinced.

The pair do have some interesting parallels, however.


http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_04/maitlisL3108_468x239.jpg

I think the comment beneath that picture is totally uncalled for too.
Quote:
Emily is the one on the left ... do you see it?


I hope that this is a joke. Surely the media should have a little more class and decency? Hmm. Maybe not.
MI
mizzb
Tom-Phipps posted:
I found this on the Daily Mail website about Emily Maitlis.

I mean what the hell? Didn't they have any other news to report on? Or anything better to do?

Quote:
Rumour has it that BBC presenter Emily Maitlis has been nicknamed "Balok" in the White City - because of her apparently startling resemblance to the fierce, bald alien from Star Trek. We are not entirely convinced.

The pair do have some interesting parallels, however.


http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_04/maitlisL3108_468x239.jpg

I think the comment beneath that picture is totally uncalled for too.
Quote:
Emily is the one on the left ... do you see it?


I hope that this is a joke. Surely the media should have a little more class and decency? Hmm. Maybe not.


Sorry Tom but I saw the resemblance before the DM ever said it. Blame her cruel mocking colleagues as much as the DM for publicising it.

The DM seem to have her in their sights this month for some reason , makes a change from the other newsreaders I suppose. Confused Decency and 'class' in the uk tabloids, not their most prominent qualities are they ?

I 've always hated that Balok face even if it was a dummy, never could watch the ST credits. Sad
RA
random
Ha ha. As much as I dislike to say it I see it too.

But I just thought well, you know, haven't you got ANYTHING BETTER TO DO?

I guess we are talking UK Tabloids here so yes you're right. Rolling Eyes
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
They've been doing lookalikes in The Eye for as long as I can remember.

YES, it IS humour; don't take things so seriously.
JR
jrothwell97
This is a more un/canny resemblance.

Margaret Thatcher
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Davros.jpg/401px-Davros.jpg

Davros (creator of the Daleks)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Thatcher-loc.jpg/503px-Thatcher-loc.jpg

Emily doesn't look anything like a sci-fi beast.
RA
random
Laughing
JO
Jonathan
I don't think it's funny, actually. They're laughing at Emily's features, which are very clearly Jewish.
GC
GaryC
Emily looks more italian catholic in that picture, so playing the anti-semetic card is the most pathetic thing i have read on here for a while...which given that this is the online home of tvarksouthwest is saying something.

Sad.
JO
Jonathan
Strange. Emily is of Jewish descent. Pathetic is laughing at racial features at someone's expense.
TV
archiveTV
Having worked with Emily I can say I have never heard anyone refer to her using this nickname.
GI
gilsta
Jonathan posted:
I don't think it's funny, actually. They're laughing at Emily's features, which are very clearly Jewish.


And no-one ever laughs at David Baddiel? Oh wait, thats for a completely different reason...
JR
jrothwell97
I think we all agree, then, that Emily != Balok?

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