'Much Ado About Nothing': Joss Whedon's choices in his interpretation
Actually, there was a little more to it than that. It encapsulates so much of the spirit of the thing, he said. Ridiculousness with just a hit of darkness. A gender reversal for Conrade The villainous Don John has two henchmen in Shakespeares play. Ive never seen Conrade and Borachio really bring heat to the thing. And I did like the idea that the only actual stable relationship in the movie is between the villains....