Winston was supposed to die

[Skirotica]

You know the original Ghostbusters script had the black guy dying. I mean come on, he was like the Red Shirt from a Star Trek episode. He was a newcomer to the team. The Vietnam rule states, the new guy always dies in first contact - FACT as referenced in Platoon, and a slew of other films that escape me at the moment.

Anyway, this film came about during the utlra racist 80's where adding the black guy was a good gesture, but killing the character off would sit well with the secretly hateful white crowd.

Sure, the title song was recorded by a black artist. Again, a nod, and the result of Ivan Reitman's feelings of guilt over Harold and Dan's original script.

You know folks were sitting in the theater just rooting for one of those devil dogs to tear poor Winston to shreds. Or for him to be the guy that drowned in the marshmallow avalanche.

Feel free to disagree, but you all know I'm right.

[Caucasian Asian]

One of Dan's original drafts also had John Belushi in it as well.

[Mazderati]

[Marshall Tucker]

Franklin was black, and he lived. still kickin it today

[Captain Awesome]

[Viva]

Why the fuck would they have the token black character offed? There would have been no one left on the cast to harvest the marshmallow goo or clean the toilets back at the station.

Of course, had they written in a Mexican Ghost Buster, then the above-mentioned conundrum would have been precluded and Winston would have been dog-meat.

[Skistack]

Lando Calrissian was black.

He got to drive the Millennium Falcon!

[Viva]

Lando Calrissian was black.

He got to drive the Millennium Falcon!

Bitch! He owned that shit before Han Whitie-Ass Solo stole it from him cheating at cards, or whatever the fuck games they played back then. And no, Lando, no fucking reparations for you, either!

[Skirotica]

They didn't need a Mexican. Had Rick Moranis. A dweeb is always a good substitute to a minority. They're easy to intimidate and eventually convince themselves they're accepted if they scrape the goo real clean.

Ghostbusters was awesome. And Winston was an awesome ghostbusters. But his character was clearly added in to provide another target. One is three - odds of dying are pretty scary. One of four - a little better.

[warthog]

Cornbread got killed. Oh wait, that was the 70's.

[Caucasian Asian]

Lando Calrissian was black.

He got to drive the Millennium Falcon!

And he sideswiped some stuff.

[theshredder]

Next you'll be saying originally he was never supposed to make it out of the river of PINK SLIME in ghost busters 2...

[irul&ublo]

And he sideswiped some stuff.

Are you saying he's Asian?

[Viva]

Are you saying he's Asian?

Ahhhh, Rando Cararessian!

He not sideswipe anyone; vely good space ship pirot.

[Obstruction]

Winston makes it because he had a last name.

Unlike Guy Fleegman:

"Nobody knows. Do you know why? Because my character isn't important enough for a last name, because I'm gonna die five minutes in."

[Arty50]

I don't believe this conspiracy theory for one second. Why? Because Winston had one of the best lines in the whole movie.

Said to the lily white mayor:
"I'm Winston Zeddmore, Your Honor. I've only been with the company for a couple of weeks, but these things are real. Since I joined these men, I've seen shit that'll turn you white. "

[Skirotica]

Hmmm ^^^^^^^good argument there...