Grateful that the book got a movie, like almost every other popular Roald Dhal books, you can lure a kid to read a book by having them watch a great movie first
One's eloquence can significantly magnify the convincingness of his/her judgement, in any age - it's both an advantage and responsibility. And hopefully, our age's KOLs are wise and moral enough to avoid being misleaders... P.S. Among the exciting speeches of the barristers, such humorous comments from the judge as "considering the rubbish that is being talked nowadays, you're missing very little" subtly adjusted the atmosphere of the court sessions and kept the plot well-balanced with tension and relaxation.