This was an infuriating episode that glaringly illustrates the folly of revering tradition for its own sake because some traditions are barbaric. The city-slicker bridegroom is expected to embrace "country traditions," such as being kidnapped and dumped in the woods on his wedding night, and to take everything with good humor and "no hard feelin's," while NOBODY in the little community that has suddenly been revealed as populated by a bunch of ignorant hillbillies is required to take any notice of the young man's own feelings and his anger and repulsion at being treated so horribly. Even the bride's family keep laughing at him for not wanting to be brutalized.
Despite the deliberate misconstruction of another reviewer of this episode, my point is that the "city feller" was commanded to understand the point of view of people who refused to try to understand his and bullied when he couldn't.