Schumer's act dragged because she dragged out familiar tropes about her form of difference — being a woman.
But, while his servants conspire to lead Hirst to oblivion, Spooner attempts a chivalric rescue-act, dragging him towards the light of the living.
If judged by that standard, 9/11 was also one of history's most successful terrorist acts, dragging the United States into two as yet unresolved wars, draining the treasury of $1 trillion and climbing, as well as damaging America's power and prestige.
A few moments in the first act drag, but increasingly we are drawn into this curious little ménage and start to care about the fate of all three.
"The act of dragging a person across a floor has no gentle aspect whatsoever," she wrote.
A surveillance camera caught the man in the act of dragging a key across the surface of "Night Sky #12 (1996-98)." Valued at 1.2 million dollars, the work was on view in "Life on Mars," the 2008 Carnegie International exhibition.
Can this app beat incumbents like Watchville or, barring a an electronic solution, the simple act of dragging your watch box to a bar?
The second act still drags a bit, but the pay off is more than worth it.
While exports are coming back, the end of government stimulus programs and growing unemployment will act as drags on growth.
(The exception is a long speech by Legree in the third act that drags badly, undercutting the play's momentum).
But think again about Manhattan, and the things that make it livable: the museums, ballet corps, jazz clubs, comedy acts, drag shows.
