Originally Posted by
anonymouse
On the face of it, the interpretation of the title of Shakespeare's eponymous play would appear to be simply "A Big Fuss Over Hardly Anything". However, modern feminist literary critics suggest a double entendre in the title.
The "nothing" of the title may represent a woman's vagina ('nothing' between her legs, as the Elizabethans compared it to a penis), and the "Much Ado" may instead refer to all the fuss over which man gets to score.
Therefore, behind the comedy, Much Ado About Nothing may well mean A Big Fuss Over Who Gets To Bone The Sexy Girls.
Now for ya!