Chrys -- i'm sure Ronnie never saw this, but the first time i encountered that vision of the welfare queen was when Holly Woodlawn tried to go on the dole in Warhol's TRASH (1971?). S/he's pillow-under-the-dress pregnant but only gets on the list when she trades her glittery high heels to the welfare fellow. This is how archetypes are made. -mike breiner