Interview With The Premature-Burning Man

“Paul Addis, the San Francisco playwright arrested Tuesday for allegedly torching Burning Man’s giant effigy five days early, won’t admit to setting the icon on fire. But he effusively praises the action — whoever did it — calling it a badly needed “reality check” for the desert art festival. Addis, 35, says Burning Man has turned into an ‘Alterna-Disney,’ while the early burn acted as a protest aimed at the event’s increasing commercialization.”