Crollalanza theory of Shakespeare authorship Sicilian Shakespeare as an attractive literary myth. In retelling it some have also changed the name from "Crollalanza", which in today's Italian would tend to mean "spear collapses" or "spear gives way", to "Scrollalanza", which unambiguously means "shakes spear". (Both these are rare but real surnames.) Andrea Camilleri, the celebrated writer who created the detective figure Salvo Montalbano, has co-written with Giuseppe Dipasquale a comedy in Sicilian dialect "" (2009), based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", which plays mischievously on the theory that Shakespeare was of Sicilian origin. Earlier, in a humorous article in 2000, "Shakespeare, Mafia Made-Man from
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) of the humor, the performances, and Branagh's lively direction, of which he wrote, "This film cements Branagh's status as a great director of Shakespeare, and perhaps of film in general, as well." Conversely, Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" wrote the film a negative review, praising some moments as "invigorating fun", but ultimately calling it "overripe." Most of the negative criticisms focused on particular casting choices, notably Keanu Reeves as Don John, and Michael Keaton as Dogberry. For his performance in the film, Reeves was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor, where he lost to Woody Harrelson