Nothing Much to Do

If you enjoy Much Ado About Nothing nearly as much as I do, you should check out this super awesome YouTube series called "Nothing Much to Do."  It's based off of the plot of Much Ado and is told is the incredibly modern medium of the video blog (Vlog if you're nasty).  You can see a trailer for it below.

Check out the series here.

I do adore this play.  Who doesn't love a good story of haters becoming lovers?  And they are SO good with their verbal sparring. Case in point:

Benedick
What, my dear Lady Disdain! Are you yet living?

Beatrice
Is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meat
food to feed it as Signor Benedick? Courtesy itself must
convert to disdain if you come in her presence.

You say that now, fair lady...

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Also, can I just share with those unaware (a rhyme, yay!) that the title, Much Ado About Nothing is a triple entente.

- Firstly, because the plot of the play is based upon misunderstandings and false accusations that turn out to be nothing.
-  Secondly, because in early modern England, "nothing" was a slang term for a woman's genitals (being that a man's was a "thing" therefore a woman's was "no-thing").
-  Thirdly, because in those days, "nothing" was a homophone of "noting," (which means they were pronounced the same way).  This plays upon the fact that the play contains plenty of people overhearing others' sayings and doings.

Aaaand Shakespeare drops the mic.