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Do you remember that time Rey and Chewie bumped into Thor at brunch? No? It’s on Gamora’s Insta. Our feeds are full of omakase, dalgona coffee and selfies. But where are the selfies in sci-fi? Welcome to the Real Housewives of Space.  Hosted by Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced by Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 EPISODE EXCERPT Do you remember that scene in The Last Jedi where Luke and Rey stand near the edge of a cliff on Ahch-To, arms around each other and staring wide-eyed and grinning into the camera as they point at the puffin-like Porgs? Me neither. MSP’s Matt Armitage has had a revelation: there are no selfies in Sci-Fi. So, I originally talked about this on a recent episode of BFM’s A Bit of Culture. But it’s been gnawing away at me.  This difference between what we see on our screen and our actual behaviour. Which is nothing new - we call it fiction for a reason.  That no one goes to the bathroom on TV shows?  And there’s good reason for that. When we’re hanging out with friends and som