Is ignorance really bliss? It seems it once was for home-schooled and extremely isolated teenager Emily Green (played with such non-judgment and genuine likability by Bri Prooker). Reality can be a bitch. One day you're in love; the next you discover it might have been really nice to have taken a sex-ed class
Emily Green is the kind of character you'd think you'd want to roll your eyes at (at the very minimum) or full-on BERATE for not knowing what a condom is or that having sex can make a baby or any number of STDs. And then tell her that once she finally does get a clue, maybe she should read a textbook written after the 90s so that she won't be so panicked that having unprotected sex one day is going to give her AIDs the next! But the thing is, Bri Prooker plays this ignorant-as-hell character with such heart, soulfulness and (dare I say it) intelligence that all I wanted to do was give her a hug (and maybe some condoms!) Emily Green became a full-rounded, three dimensional REAL person up there on the screen. Not some slutty idiot. An innocent, strong, smart girl afflicted with way too much ignorance that is going to change her life forever. There is pain in reality over ignorance. But BLISS IS
offers hope that the present pain (and knowledge) could lead to eventual (if not bliss) then at least some form of happiness.
