So the original title of the play Much ado about Nothing is a really a meta joke on the fact that the central event of the play never really happens . Hero is never unchaste . The whole thing is a charade , set up by Don John . Literally , everybody is all ado about absolutely nothing . On top of that , its clear that Benedict and Beatrice are in love from the start , and find the most longwinded stubborn way of admitting it to each other . It ' s a bunch of ado about nothing , because they all ready be into each other . But if you read it the slang way , Much Ado about Pussy you get a even further joke , that all of these plots revolve around sex . Specifically to the main plot , if Hero has stayed chaste or not . I hate to use the word again , but literally the plot hinges around Hero ' s pussy . It ' s a fucking brilliant titles , and it pains me that more people don ' t know that .