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Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail)			1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 shares	Dec. 11, 2019 USD ($) shares	May 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Apr. 30, 2022	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Nov. 21, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amortization of deferred financing costs and interest rate caps								$ 630,000	$ 939,000
Debt instrument, maturity date				Apr. 30, 2026
Prepayment Of Net Cash Proceeds Percentage					100.00%
Prepayment Of Net Cash Proceeds Reduced Percentage					50.00%
Prepayment Of Net Cash Proceeds Maximum Reduction Percentage					0.00%
Prepayment Of Net Cash Proceeds Of Debt Offerings Percentage					100.00%
Additional paid-in capital								$ 1,386,295,000		$ 1,385,933,000
Forward stock repurchase transaction shares, excluded from dilution effect \| shares								0	600,000
Retired shares under Amended and Restated Forward Transaction \| shares			600,000
Convertible Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Forward stock repurchase transaction shares, excluded from dilution effect \| shares								7,200,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 100,000,000.0
Debt instrument, maturity date					Apr. 30, 2028
Margin On LIBOR					an adjusted term SOFR rate (subject to a floor of 0.00%) plus an applicable margin ranging from 3.25% to 3.75% per annum depending on GIH’s senior secured first lien net leverage ratio and a credit spread adjustment recommended by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee of 0.11%, 0.26% or 0.43% per annum based on 1-month, 3-month or 6-month term SOFR, respectively or
Floor rate					0.00%
Unused Borrowing Fee Percentage								0.25%
Margin fee								3.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| SORF [Member] \| 1-month Term [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					0.11%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| SORF [Member] \| 3-month Term [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					0.26%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| SORF [Member] \| 6-Month Term [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					0.43%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused Borrowing Fee Percentage					0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					3.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					2.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused Borrowing Fee Percentage					0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					3.75%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					2.75%
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin On LIBOR					an adjusted term SOFR rate (subject to a floor of 0.75%) plus an applicable margin of 3.75% and a credit spread adjustment recommended by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee of 0.11%, 0.26% or 0.43% per annum based on 1-month, 3-month or 6-month term SOFR, respectively or
Floor rate					0.75%
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| SORF [Member] \| 1-month Term [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					0.11%
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| SORF [Member] \| 2-month Term [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					0.26%
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| SORF [Member] \| 3-month Term [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					0.43%
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					3.75%
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate On Debt					2.75%
Line Of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 725,000,000.0
Term loan discount rate					0.50%
Line Of Credit [Member] \| Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment of annual excess cash flow, Percentage					50.00%
Reduction in Prepayment of annual excess cash flow, Percentage					25.00%
Maximum reduction in Prepayment of annual excess cash flow, Percentage					0.00%
Leverage ratio					7.50
Percentage Of All Commitments					35.00%
2024 Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amortization of deferred financing costs and interest rate caps								$ 600,000	$ 700,000
Aggregate principal amount								712,300,000		714,100,000
Total debt								709,600,000		711,300,000
Loan origination fees								19,700,000
Debt issuance costs								14,700,000		15,300,000
Convertible Notes, unamortized discount								$ 2,700,000		2,800,000
6.00% Convertible Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amortization of deferred financing costs and interest rate caps									$ 300,000
Interest rate							6.00%
Debt issuance costs										$ 0
Conversion of Stock, Amount Converted						$ 135,000,000.0
Conversion of Stock, Shares Issued \| shares						24,353,006
Conversion rate								166.6667
Principal amount								$ 1,000
Conversion price \| $ / shares								$ 6.00
6.00% Convertible Senior Notes [Member] \| Issuance Costs [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan origination fees							$ 8,100,000
6.00% Convertible Senior Notes [Member] \| Institutional Buyers [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount							$ 237,800,000
2022 Convertible Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 102,800,000
Issuance of common stock shares \| shares			17,131,332
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Forward stock repurchase transactions amount		$ 140,000,000.0						$ 140,000,000.0
Forward stock repurchase transaction shares, excluded from dilution effect \| shares	5,100,000	2,100,000			1,500,000
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes [Member] \| Convertible Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate								3.75%
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer \| Thorndale Farm Private Equity Fund 2, LLC \| 2022 Convertible Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 8,000,000.0
Issuance of common stock shares \| shares			1,333,333